- Facebook To Open Up Instant Articles: What Publishers Need To Know
Last year Facebook unveiled Instant Articles, which aims to help deliver a better experience for mobile users by natively hosting publisher content on Facebook. - Yahoo ‘Phases Out’ Many Of Its Digital Magazines
Yahoo is shutting down a number of its content verticals, Yahoo global editor in chief Martha Nelson confirmed on Wednesday. - Publishers: Which Way For The Whitepaper?
Content marketing remains high on marketers’ and publishers’ agendas. - The Favorite Publisher Trick That Makes Their Digital Audiences Look Bigger And Younger
The pressure is on digital publishers to show they have massive reach and a young readership. - The Many Ways Publishers Can Earn Online Revenue!
We recently came across an inspiring post in Publishing Executive by Andy Kowl and had to share. - How Should Today’s Publishers Measure Their Audiences? Here’s Buzzfeed’s Answer
One of the biggest questions facing news organizations today is coming up with a way to measure audience attention in an increasingly complicated media ecosystem. - Snapchat Wants To Let Users Subscribe To Their Favorite ‘Discover’ Publishers
Snapchat is working on new plans to boost traffic to the publishers that use its “Discover” platform. - 10 Things We Learned About 2025
More than 70 publishers and editors joined Diane Young, co-founder and MD of the Drum and Paul Lomax, CTO of Dennis Publishing, to debate the challenges that the next ten years will bring to the world of publishing. - Publishers Split On How To Tackle Ad Blocking
Approximately 6-in-10 publishers would choose to serve audiences with ads, even after their readers have proactively installed an ad blocker by using anti-ad blocking software.
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The Media Minute – 16 February 2016
- Top Publishers’ Predictions For 2025
Chrome will include ad blocking by default, platforms will overtake publisher’s websites for reaching audiences and print will only exist as a luxury item. - Average Magazine Circulation Falls 4 Per Cent In The Last Half Of 2015
The average circulation of magazine circulation was down 4 per cent year on year in the last six months of 2015. - Hearst And Condé Nast Joint Venture Seeks More Publishers To Join
With long-term trends exerting downward pressure on magazines’ ad-page sales and newsstand appeal, two of the industry’s biggest publishers said last week that they had formed a joint venture to handle back-office operations such as production, procurement and circulation. - Bots, Fraud, And Non-Human Traffic Continue To Plague Top Publishers
Programmatic buying of digital ads has seen a sharp, seemingly inexorable rise over the past three years. - Facebook’s Instant Articles Advertising Fixes Win Over Publishers
It’s getting easier to make money from Facebook Instant Articles, according to multiple publishing partners enrolled in the program. - Three Sides To Every Story’: Behind Trinity Mirror’s News-Aggregation App
When launching a mobile news app, publishers don’t usually start by aggregating other publishers’ news. - Snapchat Wants To Let Users Subscribe To Their Favorite ‘Discover’ Publishers
Snapchat is working on new plans to boost traffic to the publishers that use its “Discover” platform. - A Tale Of Two Natives: How Publishers Approach Sponsored Content And Programmatic Native
In an age of banner blindness, nearly every publisher has added a sponsored content offering. - Major Publishers Bet On Power Of Print Ads With Money-Back Guarantee
Four months after The Association of Magazine Media (MPA) unveiled its Print Magazine Sales Guarantee model for the industry.
The Media Minute-9 February 2016
- How (All) Publishers Are (And Should Be) Capitalizing On Celebrity
At MPA conference, editorial directors from People, EW, ESPN, Hollywood Reporter, and ESSENCE talk about why celebrities and their magazine need each other. - Condé Nast And Hearst Magazines Partner To Create Pubworx
Condé Nast and Hearst Magazines, two of the world’s largest magazine media companies, have announced the formation of PubWorx. - Positive News Relaunches As Magazine After £263k Crowdfunding Campaign
Quarterly newspaper Positive News relaunches this week as an 84-page magazine following a £263,000 crowdfunding campaign. - In Search Of Facebook Love, Publishers Form Link-Sharing Pacts With Each Other
Publishers today will do anything to grow and find new readers — even if that means teaming up with rival sites. - Niche Magazine Publishers — What Business Are You In?
The Niche Media Conference was created exclusively for “publisher types” – Publishers, CEOs, Presidents, Publishing Directors, Advertising & Marketing Directors, and Audience Development Directors. - Tribune Publishing Collapses 30% on Cash Infusion
Tribune Publishing Co. (NYSE: TPUB) announced Thursday morning that it had completed a private placement of 5.22 million shares with Merrick Media in a transaction valued at $44.4 million. - Wish List: Publishers Reflect On 2015 And Prepare For The New Year
Like with many other professions, newspaper publishers have learned to take any business advice given to them with a grain a salt: “Put up a paywall…tear down that paywall…let’s call them pay meters instead.” - New York Runs Away With It At The National Magazine Awards
There were two clear winners at Monday night’s National Magazine Awards: New York magazine and departing Esquire editor David Granger. - The Life And Death And Life Of Magazines
Before you delve into what will no doubt be the final edition of The Best American Magazine Writing, let us all pause to memorialize the demise of the great magazine story.
The Media Minute-2 February 2016
- Op-Ed: Consumer Trust and The Responsibility Of Publishers
Before the rise of ad blocking technologies, there was an implicit value exchange between content creators and consumers. - Publishers’ On-Again, Off-Again Relationship with Apps Is Back On
There’s been a good case for most publishers to ignore apps. After all, people only use a few. - Leading Publishers To Meet On Maximizing Native Ad Business In March
Publishing leaders from Wired, The Economist, U.S. News, and more will converge to share insight on launching and optimizing native ad revenue streams. - Medium Now Lets Publishers Schedule Posts, Link Twitter Accounts To Publications
Medium has announced that it has begun rolling out several new features aimed at publishers. - Niche Media CEO’s Share Their Top Tips
As a niche publisher you are up to your ears in daily stuff that must get done yesterday. - Digital Priorities for Publishers – A Global Snapshot
Numerous digital news media executives around the world shared what their top three digital priorities are for this year. - How To Win A National Magazine Award
We’ve always been fans of the annual feature writing awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors. The database of winning stories is a trove of great nonfiction. - Nautilus Partners with MIT Press To Co-Publish Print Edition
Science magazine Nautilus announced a new publishing partnership with The MIT Press aimed at boosting circulation and marketing for the brand’s bimonthly print product. - Magazines Boost Social Media Audiences, Add 220M New Likes, Followers
Consumer magazines saw their total social media audience increase by over a third last year, adding around 220 million new likes and followers across major platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+ and Pinterest.
The Media Minute-26 January 2016
- This New Ad-Blocker Has A Plan To Pay Publishers
The release of iOS 9 last year kicked off a rush of new mobile ad blockers and new controversy, as websites (including this one) decried the new programs as a blow against independent publishers and the open web. - Food Porn Is The New Click Bait For Audience-Hungry Publishers
The rise of Facebook video has led not only to a video hiring frenzy by publishers, but a veritable feast of food content. - Publishers & Advertisers Must Regulate Native Ads — Or Else Be Stifled By FTC
In recent weeks, the Federal Trade Commission issued a new set of guidelines for native advertising that has publishers and advertisers alike stirring. - Advertisers and Readers: How Do Publishers Keep ’Em Both Happy?
Give readers the niched-out content they want and you’ll build a strong, devoted audience. - 2025: Visions for The Future Of Publishing
It’s a difficult task when technology and behaviour shifts so rapidly, but it’s clear that there are some lines on the graph that have only been going one way for some time. - The Five Most Influential Trends for Publishers In 2016
Each year Carat Global produces a trends report, looking at the major trends we’ve identified as influential for the year ahead. - How to Find Amazing Content for Your Social Media Calendar (And Save Yourself Hours of Work)
Source: One of the toughest, and most time-consuming, tasks in community and social media management is finding a stream of high-quality, engaging content to share with your audience every day. - Magzter Redesigns Their Digital Magazine Apps
Magzter has just revised their complete line of digital magazine apps with a new interface. - Reuters TV Finds Value Not Just In Making Its Content Free, But In Giving It Away To Other Publishers
In a little less than a year, Reuters has completely changed the strategy around its news video product, Reuters TV.
The Media Minute-19 January 2016
- The (New) New Republic: How The Magazine’s Bosses Are Building A Company Around ‘Novel Solutions’
It’s been more than eight months since Gabriel Snyder penned a note to readers upon ascending to the editorship of the New Republic amid one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of the century-old magazine. - Apple Confirms Its Iad Exit
Apple has confirmed it is to exit the advertising business with App Store developers (or publishers) confirming reports circualted earlier this week in what amounts to a rare admission of fallibility from the tech and media behemoth. - How Slate, The Washington Post, Bloomberg Fight Ad Blocking
Ad blocking has gone mainstream. With 85 percent of digital publishers’ revenue coming from advertising, the trend has led to fear and finger-pointing but no consensus on how to combat the problem. - Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: How Publishers Transformed In 2015
A common theme that kept coming up during our many conversations with publishers throughout 2015 was the existential imperative to transform their businesses. - New York Mag Leads Pack with 9 National Magazine Award Nominations
The American Society of Magazine Editors announced on Thursday the nominees for the 2016 National Magazine Awards — the magazine industry’s highest honors. - New Republic Owner Chris Hughes Puts Magazine Up For Sale
A year ago, Chris Hughes, owner of the New Republic, vowed to continue his fight to transform the century-old magazine into a more digitally-focused media operation. - Publisher Haymarket Reports £5m Profit on £184m Turnover for 2014/2015
Magazine publisher Haymarket has reported an 8.7 per cent rise in operating profit to £5.03m for the financial year to the end of June 2015. - The Digital Publishing Industry Is On A Hiring Spree
Over the last two weeks many companies involved in e-books and digital publishing have been on hiring sprees. - PUB HTML5 Looks Back At 2015 In Digital Magazine Publishing
Representative of PUB HTML5, the globally leading brand in digital magazine publishing, shared the company’s remarkable achievements in 2015.
The Media Minute-12 January 2016
- What Twitter’s 10,000 Characters Mean for Publishers
Re/code reported this week that Twitter is building a new feature, to be released in Q1 of this year, which will expand the tweet limit to 10,000 characters. - Publishers Are About To Hit A Wall with Native Ads
The native ad gold rush peaked last year, with the likes of USA Today, Politico and The New Republic setting up units to develop ads that look like editorial articles and videos. - Metro Corp, Publisher of Boston and Philadelphia Magazines, Announces Cuts
Metro Corp, which publishes Philadelphia Magazine and Boston Magazine, is cutting staff in a corporate restructuring aimed at addressing “the changing media environment.” - The Big 5 Publishers Sat Out Deal-Making In 2015
The biggest deals in the publishing industry in 2015 occurred outside of the trade sector. - 2016 Predictions For Niche Magazines: Are You Ready?
We’ve sifted through all the 2016 Prediction Lists to share what is most relevant to niche publishers. - Dow Jones Creates New Publishing Unit
Dow Jones, the financial news and information company within News Corp. responsible for The Wall Street Journal, has created a new publishing unit. - Built On Passion: How Vox Media Grew From Its Roots as an Oakland A’s Blog Into One of The Internet’s Biggest Publishers
Vox Media is now a vast digital publishing network with eight individual sites that averaged more than 160 million monthly unique visitors last year. - Publisher Haymarket Reports £5m Profit on £184m Turnover for 2014/2015
Magazine publisher Haymarket has reported an 8.7 per cent rise in operating profit to £5.03m for the financial year to the end of June 2015. - Trending Now: New Roles In Magazine Media
The rise of digital media has introduced new job functions to the magazine world—and triggered the demise of others.
The Media Minute – 5 January 2016
- A Proxy War: Apple Ad-Blocking Software Scares Publishers but Rival Google Is Target
When Apple revealed that its new operating system for mobile phones, iOS 9, would feature what the company called “content-blocking Safari extensions”, no one really blinked. - Digital Publishers Face A Winter Of Discontent
The sunny days of hot growth for digital publishers are fading into a memory as many now face a long, dark winter. - The IAB Is ‘Concerned’ About The FTC’s New Native Advertising Rules, But Publishers Play It Cool
The Interactive Advertising Bureau last week expressed mixed feelings about the Federal Trade Commission’s new guidelines for native advertising, but the publishers staking so much on selling native ads are yet to show much concern. - Martech Landscape: What Is Header Bidding — And Why Should Publishers Care?
Next to ad blocking, header bidding is one of the hottest topics among digital advertisers and website publishers. - 6 Tips for Writing Headlines That Drive Traffic
Using a few simple techniques, you can craft headlines that capture attention and convince people to click through to your content. - This Was The Year The Media Started Doubting The Web
This was the year that Snapchat, previously best known as a messaging service for ephemeral photos, launched its own version of the news called Discover. - GQ Tells Readers to Turn Off Ad Blockers or Pay Up
Conde Nast publication GQ is pushing back against readers using online advertisement blocking software, asking them to turn it off or pay to read an article. - Authors Guild Begins Letter-Writing Campaign to Meet With Publishers
As part of its ongoing effort to raise writers’ income, the Authors Guild is sending an open letter to members of the Association of American Publishers. - The Year In Reading: Print Books, Magazines, Newsletters Hold Their Own In 2015
In the 17 years following the introduction of e-book readers in 1998, digital reading has brought about enormous changes in the bookselling, publishing, and reading landscapes.
The Media Minute – 29 December 2015
- The Publishers That May Need to Change Their Native Ads Under New FTC Rules
Advertisers and publishers always say they label native ads clearly enough that readers can tell ads from editorial content. But now that the FTC has issued tougher guidelines for native ads, some of them might have to change their practices. - How Publishers Changed What & How They Sell in 2015
As content and audience attention has migrated to the web and onto mobile devices, the world of media advertising has transformed dramatically. - Why Advertisers Must Fight to Control Impression Decisions
The online ad industry is experiencing a seismic shift when it comes to who controls the decision-making and allocation of ad impressions. Brands that leverage technology for programmatic buying have gained the ability to activate audiences across multiple campaigns. - How to Extend The Life of Your Social Media Content
Having a plan in place for posting, and repurposing your best content will give your content a longer life and make the most of the time you spend creating it. - How Facebook Made The World a Smaller Place in 2015
Already over its first 10 years, Facebook has done so much to get us to publish our memories and activity on its social network, but what will the second decade bring? - Kalmbach Publishing to Shutter Two Titles in 2016: Art Jewelry and Bead Style
The Wisconsin-based hobby publisher Kalmbach Publishing Co. will be shuttering two of its titles in the New Year: Art Jewelry and Bead Style. - Photoshop Creative Wins Industry Award For Most Inspiring Magazine
Winners of the Creative Market Awards 2015 have been announced and Photoshop Creative magazine is delighted to have been crowned winner of the Most Inspiring Print Magazine for Designers. - Indie Publisher Atlas Music Signs Direct Licensing Deal With Spotify
Atlas Music has signed a direct deal to license its catalog to Spotify, which the company claims makes it the first indie publisher to have deals with the big four digital streaming services.
The Media Minute – 22 December 2015
- What Does 2016 Have In Store for Digital Publishers?
Innovative, enlightening and – at times – turbulent, 2015 has been anything but dull for digital publishers. - News UK CMO: Facebook Has A ‘Duty Of Care’ To Publishers
News UK’s chief marketing officer Chris Duncan wasn’t previously a fan of publishing directly to platforms like Facebook. - Good News for Niche Digital Magazines!
Digital media revenue and consumption are up, up, up. Niche magazines are always searching for new ways to create revenue streams and distribute their fine, niche-y content. - 2016: The Year Ahead for Publishing In 12 Words
From ad blocking to postal rates, here’s a handy guide to what’s likely to happen in magazine publishing next year. - This Startup Believes It Has Found A Way to Make Ad Blocker Users Generate Money for Publishers
An “ethical” ad blocking service launched Thursday that allows users to pay their favorite publishers not to show them ads. - Facing New Competition, Flipboard Doubles Down On Relationship with Publishers
The last year has proved a tumultuous one for news reader apps. - Zinio Partners With Boopsie for Digital Magazine Growth
Zinio is one of the leading digital magazine providers for consumers, but in the library sector they depend on distribution partners. - City Lights Publishers Shines On
San Francisco’s City Lights Publishers is wrapping up its 60th year in publishing this month. - Why One Enthusiast Publisher Is Gambling On A Lower Cover Price
The newsstand is in a free-fall, but there are still many publishers that count single copy sales as a major source of revenue.